photo booths

I am not sure if this has been brought up or not- I tried searching and failed

My question is this- has anyone been to a wedding where they had a photo booth or one of those tables where you can get your picture in a cute (sometimes cheesy) frame? lol My parents went to a Bar Mitzvah last weekend and they had a DJ who also had one of those photo tables and my parents came home with a couple of really cure pics of themselves. I thought it might be fun to have one at the reception. Is it too cheesy? Better left for the 13 year old crowd?

also- how much does something like this run? Do you have them come for the entire reception or is it just for a couple of hours???

TIA!

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I think my photographer wants 1.50 pp. I was thinking of doing that. I think it is a cool idea but out of our price range. We already bought the favors. I heard most use that as the favors.

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that's what I was thinking- using that to replace favors. So you were told a per person charge? My parents got quoted 300/hour. I thought it was kind of high- no??

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Hello,

I attended a bridal show and there was a company there that did this kind of work. The company name is The Main Event. Not sure on prices. Phone number is 718-724-1007.

Good Luck,
Christine

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I think its a cool idea however way too expensive. The NYC photobooth place I think charges $5000!!

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Posted by chrismike

Hello,

I attended a bridal show and there was a company there that did this kind of work. The company name is The Main Event. Not sure on prices. Phone number is 718-724-1007.

Good Luck,
Christine

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that's funny- FH used to work for them! I guess I could have him find out then!

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I think its a great idea! I almost went for it but then I was getting prices in the 4-5 thousand dollar range... which was way out of my league!

Its a cute idea though, and the one bad thing I have heard about it though is that sometimes it is too much the center of attention, and usually at a wedding the bride and groom would rather the dancing be the center of attention.

Good luck!

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I really wanted an old fashion photo booth at my wedding, but it is too expensive. If you can afford it I say go for it. Everyone I told the idea to, LOVED it!

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good point! hmmmmm what to do??!

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the only thing that worries me about photo booths (besides the price!) is that you might have a situation where a ton of people will be on line waiting to take photos instead of out on the dance floor, watching you cut the cake, missing toasts, etc.

i know at TWOTY they had a photo booth in a separate room and there was always a long line of people waiting to take pics in the photobooth (obviously it wasn't a real wedding, so that might not always be the case)

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Check out the prices and see if it fits in your budget! I think its the kind of thing that will have people talking for ages!

It's definitely on my list of things to check out in the last few months before when I have a better idea how far I have blown my budget!!!

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I am starting to wonder if maybe I can find the photo table thing that my parents saw at the bar mitzvah instead of the booth. I see the point where people might be waiting on line instead of dancing. Lord knows I would be pissed if no one was dancing I love our band and want everyone to love them as well

But maybe the table thing would work- people could kind of sign up ahead of time when they can go to take their picture, I wonder if this would actually work in a non chaotic manner??? I think I am just going to call the place and see if they have done weddings and if they actually recommend it. Thanks everyone for your opinions!!!!!!!

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i think it's really fun. My cousin did this at his wedding. The went through NYCPhotobooth.... it was neat because the company provided a 'guest-book'....the booth would print out double copies of the photo strips...one for the people in the pic to keep(reading 'michael & marisa's wedding' & then the date), and then the other copy was to put in the guest book & then u could write a little message. It was really cute - and the book is something great to look back on. I will say the only draw back was that a lot of people were out taking photos all night, and there was always a line. BUT, i still like the idea. I actually did a poloroid guestbook that I had set up in the actual reception room. There are a bunch of websites that sell them if u'd rather do something like that. but either way it's a fun idea!

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here's the company they went through...

NYC Photobooth


they offer a lot of different things...good luck!

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My cousin did it and it was so awesome.
We booked it for our wedding...it was 1600 for 4 hours with unlimited pics and an attendent. Plus we are getting a custom scrap book where guests can give a strip of their pics to be mounted by attendent in book and they sign next to the pic....great guest book!

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thanks girls!!

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My FH said that he rembered the same price range-around 1.50 pp. I would not do hourly charge, they won't be motivated to move people along. FM for photographer info.